Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 27-09-1988 and time 00:56:19 (Italy) in region 2 km N Controne (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Controne (SA), on

  • 26-09-1988 23:56:19 (UTC)
  • 27-09-1988 00:56:19 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5290, 15.1980 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Controne SA 2 875 875
Postiglione SA 4 2151 3026
Castelcivita SA 5 1739 4765
Altavilla Silentina SA 5 7051 11816
Serre SA 6 3995 15811
Albanella SA 9 6513 22324
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 10 3519 25843
Aquara SA 11 1545 27388
Roccadaspide SA 11 7209 34597
Ottati SA 12 618 35215
Castel San Lorenzo SA 13 2471 37686
Contursi Terme SA 14 3394 41080
Petina SA 15 1159 42239
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella SA 15 635 42874
Bellosguardo SA 15 794 43668
Capaccio Paestum SA 15 22810 66478
Eboli SA 16 40115 106593
Trentinara SA 16 1646 108239
Palomonte SA 17 3985 112224
Giungano SA 17 1280 113504
Campagna SA 17 16703 130207
Felitto SA 18 1283 131490
Monteforte Cilento SA 18 564 132054
Buccino SA 18 5047 137101
Oliveto Citra SA 19 3802 140903
Corleto Monforte SA 19 592 141495
Roscigno SA 19 817 142312
Auletta SA 20 2336 144648

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
55 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
76 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.1
ML-VAX 1.5
1988-09-26
23:56:19
40.529 15.198 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77839
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-09-26 23:56:19 ± 0.244
Latitude 40.5290 ± 0.0255
Longitude 15.1980 ± 0.0321
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77839

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3922.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 165
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00073
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00421
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 77839
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:13:15

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77839
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MGR.Z. 1988-09-26T23:56:37.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 145 0.4662 0.63 0.4
--.BSS.Z. 1988-09-26T23:56:34.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 311 0.3663 0.45 0.6
--.MGR.Z. 1988-09-26T23:56:29.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 145 0.4662 -0.16 1.8
--.BSS.Z. 1988-09-26T23:56:27.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 311 0.3663 -0.05 2.1
--.SGO.Z. 1988-09-26T23:56:25.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 69 0.0777 0.99 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1988-09-26T23:56:21.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 69 0.0777 -0.7 1
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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